Ross River virus disease in tropical Queensland: Evolution of rheumatic manifestations in an inception cohort followed for six months

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 352-355

  Harley, David ^a   Bossingham, David ^b   Purdie, David M ^c   Pandeya, Nirmala ^c   Sleigh, Adrian C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Abbott Street ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINGER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS INFECTION; WRIST;

EID: 0037038170     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04836.x     Document Type: Article

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